The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 10:31-32 (HCSB)
31 The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is appropriate, but the mouth of the wicked, [only] what is perverse.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 51:1-3 (HCSB)
1 Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithful love; according to Your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion.
2 Wash away my guilt and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me.
Psalm 51:10-13 (HCSB)
10 God, create a clean heart for me and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not banish me from Your presence or take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore the joy of Your salvation to me, and give me a willing spirit.
13 Then I will teach the rebellious Your ways, and sinners will return to You.
The Word of God for encouragement:
Luke 12:6-7 (HCSB)
6 Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God's sight.
7 Indeed, the hairs of your head are all counted. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows!
My observation:
Psalm 51 is my focus in today's meditation. David pours out his heart to God in recognition of the great sins he had committed.
All of us have the same need for repentance and forgiveness that David had. It is because of our DNA. The prophet said this also.
Jeremiah 17:9 (HCSB)
9 The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable—who can understand it?
After doing the wrong thing, David did the right thing. He confessed to God his transgressions, and God did what only He can do, he cleaned the heart of David, and restored him to useful kingdom service.
God will do for you what He did for David. However, it requires repentance from sins and a turning to God so that He can do for you what no other power can do.
Romans 7:24-25 (HCSB)
24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this dying body?
25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I myself am a slave to the law of God, but with my flesh, to the law of sin.
My prayer:
Father God, my dear Father, I am so grateful for the grace of God, and that you are a God who graciously gives the repentant sinner a second chance. Father God, I am so glad that those you deliver, you are also able to keep.
Father, I thank you that you keep those who you deliver from the wages of sin, and that are the blood bought children through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Jude 1:24-25 (HCSB)
24 Now to Him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory, blameless and with great joy,
25 to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, now and forever. Amen.
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Mark 4:20 (ESV)
20 But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."
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